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True Quotes by Simone de Beauvoir
- When we abolish the slavery of half of humanity, together with the whole system of hypocrisy it implies, then the "division" of humanity will reveal…
- To emancipate woman is to refuse to confine her to the relations she bears to man, not to deny them to her; let her have…
- To show your true ability is always, in a sense, to surpass the limits of your ability, to go a little beyond them: to dare,…
- It's true that what you find in New York is something other than America. Only small towns and small countries are self-satisfied; a real capital…
- That's what I consider true generosity: You give your all, and yet you always feel as if it costs you nothing.
- A freedom which is interested only in denying freedom must be denied. And it is not true that the recognition of the freedom of others…
- In a way, literature is true than life,' he said to himself. 'On paper, you say exactly and completely what you feel. How easy it…
- I went to get a detective story. You have to kill time. But time will kill me too - and there´s the true, preestablished balance.
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